Toy gun



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TOY GUN. No. 603,382. Patented May 3, 1898.

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WILLIAM H. HoLLowAY, or BRAZIL, INDI NA.

TOY GUN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,382, dated May 3, 1898.

Application filed August 1'7, 1897. Serial No. 648,556. (No model.) i

at Brazil, in the county of Clay and State of In diana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Guns; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a toy gun or pistol for marbles and similar projectiles; and the object is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and effective device of this character.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the device, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts proved toy gun. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the trigger.

1 represents the barrel, which is'formed integral with the stock or grip 2, and it is pro vided with the usual cylindrical longitudinal bore 3, and at it's breech with the longitudinal guide-slot 4 for the spring, and the orifice 5 f0r the insertion of the projectile.

6 represents a flat spring having its heel 7 a state of tension, so that when the projectv ile 12 is inserted in the breech through the orifice 5 and the spring released it will propel the projectile through the barrel and discharge it' in the usual manner of toys of this class.

'13 represents the trigger, which is pivoted to the grip-stock by the screw 14, and its free end projects across the path of the spring 6 on the line of the notch ll, so that a slight lateral movement of the trigger will release the free end of the spring from the notch and thereby discharge the gun.

15 represents a short leaf-spring fixed in a diagonal slot 16, formed in the breech, and its free end projects into the path of the projectile to lightly press the projectile against the opposite breech-wall and retain it in a position until such time as it is desired to discharge it.

. The manner of operating the gun is as follows: The spring 6 is drawn back in the breech and itsfree end secured in the notch 11. The projectile is then inserted in the breech-chamber in front of the spring 6 through the ori fice 5, and it is held in place by the retainingv spring 15, and when it is desired to discharge the gun the trigger 13 is pressed laterally, so as to release the spring 6 from the notch 11 and thereby impel the projectile forward.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangement of the 15,1fi2i6d in said'stockand having its free end projecting into the breech-chamber, in com bination with the spring 6, fixed to the butt of said stock, and having its free'end extending through said guide-slot, and the trigger 13 pivoted to said stock and having its free end projecting across the path of the free end of the spring 6, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. HOLLOWAY Witnesses:

J. CHAS. KIDD,

CHARLES M. SHATTUCK. 

